COLUMBIA Missouri soccer player Dominique Richardson has some family ties to a Notre Dame legend.

The freshman midfielder is the great-granddaughter of Clem Crowe, an end for the Seven Mules who blocked for the renowned Four Horsemen on the Notre Dame football team in the 1920s. He was team captain in 1925.

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The Four Horsemen were immortalized in print by sportswriter Grantland Rice after a game against Army in 1924. Notre Dame went on to win the national championship that season.

Crowe, who died in 1983, was the grandfather of Richardsons mother. In addition to playing for the Fighting Irish football team, Crowe played basketball at Notre Dame and was elected to the Xavier Athletic Hall of Fame after coaching football, basketball, baseball and golf in the 1930s and ’40s.

“I think its awesome that he was able to do that,” Richardson said of Crowes accomplishments.

Richardson learned about Crowe two years ago when her mother brought him up while they were discussing colleges.

“I thought it was really cool,” Richardson said.

Although she has never visited Notre Dame and didnt consider the school when it came time choose a college, Crowes legacy is never far away from her.

That legacy is one that Dominique Richardsons mother, Ann Richardson, 46,Lazio shirt, of Fullerton, Calif.,Villareal shirt, treasures.

Looking at the athletic parallel between Crowe and her daughter is something in which Ann Richardson takes pride.

“I think its quite a privilege that she’s (Dominique) been able to go to a four-year university on scholarship,Italy football shirt,” Ann Richardson said. “I found on my cousins Facebook profile a picture of him (Crowe) in his playing gear. This is three generations ago, and now shes in college. He set a precedent for that.”

Dominique Richardsons grandmother, Ann Cook, 75, of Northridge, Calif., is Crowes daughter.

At her home she has some memorabilia from Crowes playing and coaching days, including a letter to Crowe from Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne and a silver bowl given as a gift when he coached the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League football in the 1950s.

Cook said her father took a quiet approach to life on and off the field.

“He didnt strut around. He just did his job,” Cook said.

With all of his accomplishments, Crowe is an inspiration to her granddaughter and other ancestors, Cook said.

“Its something to aim for,Kaizer Chiefs shirt,” she said. “They see that he did it, and they can do it, too.”